[Coco] data modules

[Wayne Campbell]

I will look at it, Gene. Thanks. I may not be able to find the example I
saw before, but your cron example will do just fine.

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 8:27 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at shentel.net> wrote:

> On Thursday 08 June 2017 22:56:14 Robert Gault wrote:
>
> > Wayne Campbell wrote:
> > > Somewhere in one of the manuals is a description of a OS-9 data
> > > module. I can't find it, and I've looked through all of the level 1
> > > and 2 manuals I have. Can someone point me to where that information
> > > is? My future plans for decode include the use of a data module, and
> > > I need the information to help me design the internal layout of the
> > > module.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> >
> > Wayne,
> >
> > Data modules are not in the index of OS-9 Level Two but if you look in
> > the Technical Reference section on pg 3-4 you will see a list of the
> > type/language byte. Code          Type          Name
> >    $4x         Data Module     Data
> >
> > The 6th byte of a memory module is TYPE/LANGUAGE and the language is
> >   $x0      for a data module.
> > So combining both of these the 6th byte should be $40.
> >
> > Page 3-6 give the structure of an "executable" module but apparently
> > if you have byte-6 = $40 you can use the same structure for a data
> > module.
> >
> > I can't find any examples of data modules.
> >
> > Robert
>
> Look at the cron from my web pages guys.  Its been 20 some years, but I
> did use it to hold the equ of a crontab file, saving the time it took to
> open and read it from spinning media every 5 minutes.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
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Wayne

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